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Thanksgiving edition: Songs about your family

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4.33.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Sure, there are lots of songs for Christmas and other holidays, but what about Thanksgiving? On this episode we share stories and songs that remind our listeners of time spent with families.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Who's the NPR Super-fan in your life? Is it your uncle? Your sister? Your dog walker? Could it be you?

0:06.8

This holiday season make a proud public media nerd even prouder with a piece of

0:11.7

NPR swag from tots to decor to baseball caps and beyond,

0:16.1

tis the season to shamelessly celebrate someone's NPR nerdery.

0:20.0

Clear out your super-fans wish list at shop. npr.org.

0:24.8

It's all songs considered from npr music. I'm Robin Hilton.

0:28.0

So around this time of year we start to hear a lot of Christmas songs

0:32.0

and other holiday music, but it got us thinking, what about songs

0:36.6

for Thanksgiving? On this episode, Bob Boilin and I share stories from NPR listeners

0:42.1

about the songs that remind them of families and

0:45.0

the thanksgivings that they spent together. Enjoy the show. Your connector to all songs

0:57.8

to all songs considered. I'm Bob Boilin. It's our Thanksgiving Family Edition.

1:01.8

All songs considered.

1:05.0

Woe!

1:08.0

Oh, come on now.

1:09.0

Is your family this?

1:12.0

Or does your family make you think of this?

1:19.0

Those are the musical questions to the

1:21.0

to the end of all songs considered, wouldn't you say? Well you're about to hit

1:24.7

the chorus here on Highway to Hell. Oh let's go. A lot of people hit the roads for the Thanksgiving.

1:35.2

Which road are you going down?

1:38.0

So we ask you all to go to write to us and tell us.

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